Editing College Station, Texas (section)

===Income and Poverty===
Data from the [[American Community Survey|ACS 1-year estimates]] indicates that the median income for a household in College Station was $47,632,<ref name="acs-2023">{{cite web |title=ACS 1-year estimates for College Station, TX |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST1Y2023.S1901?g=160XX00US4815976 |website=U.S. Census Bureau Data |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=15 November 2024}}</ref> a decrease from $52,397 reported in the 2020 [[United States Census|census]].<ref name="census-2020">{{cite web |title=QuickFacts: College Station, Texas |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/collegestationcitytexas/PST120223 |website=U.S. Census Bureau |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=15 November 2024}}</ref> According to [[Forbes]], approximately 28.5% of the population lived below the [[poverty line]] in 2021,<ref name="forbes-poverty">{{cite web |last1=DePietro |first1=Andrew |title=U.S. Poverty Rate By City In 2021 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewdepietro/2021/11/26/us-poverty-rate-by-city-in-2021/ |website=Forbes.com |publisher=Forbes |access-date=15 November 2024}}</ref> including 16.4% of those under age 18 and 7.7% of those aged 65 or older. The ACS 1-year estimates suggest this percentage may be as high as 30.2%,<ref name="acs-2023" /> the highest poverty rate among U.S. cities with populations over 100,000.<ref name="forbes-poverty" /> However, this statistic is likely impacted by the fact that [[Texas A&M University]] has the [[List of United States public university campuses by enrollment|largest student enrollment in the U.S.]]. The [[U.S. Census Bureau]] has noted that "both in small counties with a large university and in large counties with multiple universities, the presence of college students who live off campus raises the community's poverty rate."<ref name="census-poverty">{{cite web |last1=Bishaw |first1=Alemayehu |title=Small and Large College Towns See Higher Poverty Rates |url=https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2018/10/off-campus-college-students-poverty.html |website=United States Census Bureau |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=15 November 2024}}</ref>